I started today with the basics. If your horse has a solid base, then they
always have something to fall back on when they get in a bind.
We worked on yielding her hind end and getting confident in
standing away from me. Then I started
rubbing on her with the saddle pad (what we used to call “sackin’ on out”),
basically desensitizing her. Once she
could handle all of that without even twitching, I moved onto the saddle.
She never made a bobble when I put the saddle on (and took
it off) several times. Again, did this
until she never even twitched. Then I let
her move out, just discover that she could move with weight on her back.
She handled everything really well. I even had her jumping over some barrels (the
only different between a jump and a buck is intent – if she was going to buck,
then when she jumped over the barrels she would have). This is not to say that she will never buck,
just means it isn’t her first option!
All in all, she really did well.
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